"Be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect." (Matthew 5:48)

Thursday, December 4, 2025

*****REAL PRAYING Called For***

         I lost my internet service again yesterday, so I'lI share yesterday's thoughts first. I first hared Laura's conversion story Buddhist to Catholic on November 5. Coming across this short of hers titled The Virgin Mary Is Real (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_bkJT69e6eE) triggered in me the following thoughts. There is a difference between just praying and real praying. One is a lot of more serious than the other. You can say your prayer as an a obligation, while your mind is elsewhere. Or you can pray, feeling strongly prompted by the Holy Spirit or that you really need God's help. Recently, I felt the urgency to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet before an original Divine Mercy image hung on a wall in my house. I stood close to it the whole time, focusing fully on the Lord and saying every word from my heart, and my soul felt the close presence of the Lord. Never hold back if you feel like pouring your heart out to him, for "real praying" allows God to let you experience him fully. He always treats us the way we treat him! He is not to be just a casual acquaintance of ours; he's to be our most beloved personal Lord.  

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